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Texas' 50 Best Burgers

Texas Monthly Posted its 50 Best Burgers last year, and we've made it our mission to try as many of these tasty treats as we can. I thought I'd keep track here. (With comments!)

1. The Grape, Dallas
2. Counter Cafe, Austin
3. Alamo Springs Cafe, Fredericksburg
4. Toro Burger Bar, El Paso
5. The Cove, San Antonio
6. The Porch, Dallas
7. Perini Ranch Steakhouse, Buffalo Gap
8. Dutch's, Fort Worth (The fries were delicious but the burger was just so-so.)
9. Beck's Prime, Houston
10. Orlando's, Lubbock
11. White Buffalo Bar, Gage Hotel Marathon
12. Cover 3, Austin
13. Burger Fresh, Conroe
14. Burger Tex II, Austin
15. Twisted Root Burger, Dallas (Delicious and in walking distance from my house.)
16. Max's Wine Dive, Houston/Austin (I had the bison sliders, which I'm counting as a buger. Yum!)
17. Love Shack, Fort Worth
18. Fatty's Burgers & More, San Antonio
19. Momak's Backyard Malts & Burgers, San Antonio
20. Kelly's Eastside, Plano
21. Big'Z Burger Joint, San Antonio
22. Chicken Oil Company, Bryan (My favorite because it's perfect parts tasty and nostalgic)
23. Cafe Michael Burger, Galveston
24. Burgers, Fries, and Cherry Pies, Midland
25. Mockingbird Bistro, Houston
26. Parkside, Austin
27. Black Sheep Lodge, Austin
28. Miss Hattie's Cafe and Saloon, San Angelo
29. Mel's Country Cafe, Tomball
30. Roaring Fork, Austin
31. Gene's Tasty Burger, Wichita Falls
32. Cliff Cafe, Dallas
33. Bracken Store Cafe, San Antonio
34. Sam's Deli Diner, Houston
35. Dry Creek Cafe, Houston
36. Hamburger Store, Jefferson
37. Mighty Fine, Austin
38. Roadhouse, Bastrop
39. Lankford Grocery & Market, Houston
40. Classics Burgers and "Moore," Kerrville
41. Koffee Kup Family Restaurant, Hico
42. Hruska's Store and Bakery, Ellinger
43. Roscoe's Burger Inn, El Paso
44. Port Aransas Brewing Company, Port Aransas
45. Goode Company Hamburgers and Taqueria, Houston
46. Snuffer's Restaurant and Bar, Dallas (forget the burger, one of the best caesar salads I've ever had)
47. Fred's Texas Cafe, Fort Worth (I had the diablo burger; incredible!)
48. Speedy's Burgers, Houston
49. Gourmet Burger Grill, San Antonio
50. Jake's, Dallas (I know I've been but I have no recollection if it was good or not.)

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    You’re only as unique as the secrets you keep. Go do something good. Go do something evil. In solitude and love, it’s beyond good and evil. Go do these things and tell no one. Let them quicken the throb of your heart and the pace of your blood and, as you become your own poem, watch who you become. People will see it in your eyes—not the content of your secrets—but the fact that you have secrets, that you know and have seen secret things. They will love you and hate you, want to possess and destroy you.

My Very Grand 2012 To-Do List

  • 1. Create a business plan for the 5K I'd like to organize.
    2. Finally buy those investment jeans.
    3. Get brave with a new hair color.
    4. Read all my book club selections.
    5. Make Kyle's baby blanket and book of letters.
    6. Take at least one yoga class a month.
    7. Make a neighborhood friend.
    8. Organize the upstairs work space.
    9. Go to the Fort Worth Modern Art Museum and eat lunch at Cafe Modern.
    10. Write and submit a piece on parenting.
    11. PR in every distance (5K, 10K, half-marathon).
    12. Get a third tattoo.
    13. Throw a baby shower.
    14. Take a trip with Mike, to celebrate our fifth anniversary.
    15. See a therapist.
    16. Update my SS card and passport.
    17. Make a general doctor's appointment.
    18. Go horseback riding.
    19. Decide what to do with my race bibs.
    20. Make these envelopes for thank you cards.
    21. Create and fill up a magical thinking jar.
    22. Paint some mason jars for our kitchen.
    23. Do something with the space above our couch.
    24. Create a nostalgia wall on the wall by our stairs.
    25. Sneak in cans of champagne to a chick flick with friends.
    26. Replace our kitchen counters.
    27. Have a garage sale and donate half the money to our local food bank.
    28. Create an address wreath for our front door.
    29. Paint our front door.
    30. Run at least 250 miles throughout the year.
    31. Find a charity that speaks to me, that I can become a voice for.
    32. Say something out loud every day.
    33. Go back to College Station.
    34. Pose for a boudoir session.
    35. Wear pretty new under things on New Year's Day.
    36. Enjoy Boston cream pie cupcakes.
    37. Host a more organized run at this year's Blathering.
    38. Take a family trip, even if it's just a weekend drive somewhere nearby.
    39. Hold Natalie's baby boy in the hospital.
    40. Create an Activities Advent Calendar for an early month in 2012.
    41. Create my Christmas Plan by November 1st.
    42. Create a media kit for my Lush sites.
    43. Replace our stockings for 2012.
    44. Buy a tree skirt.
    45. Go to kickboxing, at least five times.
    46. Sell 50 shirts through Cherry Jean.
    47. Finish the 6-week boot camp class I've already paid for.
    48. No phone or computer between 6 pm - Kyle's bedtime.
    49. Start marathon prep.
    50. Host a champagne-inspired dinner (champagne risotto, champagne cocktails, etc.)
    51. Do something with our front porch.
    52. Take Kyle on a night out of town, just us two.
    53. Eat at Salsa Fuego, in Fort Worth.
    54. Throw Mike a very rad 35th birthday party.
    55. Re-read To Kill a Mockingbird.
    56. Post on She Likes Purple at least 3x a week.
    57. Play poker.
    58. Volunteer at a race.
    59. Karaoke, at least once!
    60. Regularly work out the month of December.
    61. Write a fictional story (here, on paper, submitted, somehow).
    62. Hit send on a hard email.
    63. Host an outdoor movie night in our yard.
    64. Wear a swimsuit.
    65. Put a new pin in our wall map.
    66. Buy a great pair of impractical heels.
    67. See Beauty & the Beast in a theater, again.
    68. See the Nutcracker, Christmas season 2012.
    69. Run 15 miles, at some point.
    70. Get a new blender and food processor.
    71. Go to the ballet.
    72. Take professional family photos.
    73. Write a letter to Mike once a month.
    74. Do 10 real push-ups and one pull-up.
    75. Run 3 miles for my 30th birthday.
    76. Create an awesome headboard.